Ditch-plow.



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DITCH PLOW. APPLICATION FILED APR. 28, 1911. RENEWED JULY 24.19I8.

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DITGH-PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A 01, 2}, 1918 Applicationfiled April 28, 1917, Serial 1104165301. Renewed July 24, 1318 SerialNo. 246,451; 7

The present invention relates tol plows and more particularly to'plowsfor digging trenches or ditches, and an object of the present inventionis to provide apair of dirt spreading wings for plows of this characterwhich will evenly distribute the ploweddirt and prevent the latter frombecomingbanked on each side of the ditch.

A further object of the present invention isto provide a pair ofadjustable wings of the character aforesaid which may readily adjustthemselves to the height of the ditch and readily pass over stones orother obstructions in their way of travel.

lVith the above and other objects in view which will hereinafter appearas the description continues, the invention consists of the novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the ditch plow embodying the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; and,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail side elevation.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification. with thefurther understanding that while the drawings show a practical form ofthe invention, the latter is not confined to any strict conformity withthe showing of the drawings. but may be changed and modified so long assuch changes and modifications mark no material departure from thesalient features of the invention.

Like and corresponding parts are indicated by similar referencecharacters throughout the several views.

The numeral 1 indicates a plow beam having a pair of handles 2 securedto the rear end thereof and a clevis attachment 3 at the forward end to.which the draft animal may be attached. for propelling the plow over theground.

Pivot-ally connected as at 4: to the beam 1 'is a pair of arms 5 forminga lever and to the lower end of this lever is. connected the gage wheel6? for regulating in the usual manner the depth of the ditch which theplow is to make. Arranged upon the rear end of the beam isasegmental'rack bar 7 to. which is. pivotallyconnecteda hand lever 8-and this hand lever 8j is connected to the arms 5 by means of the bar 9.This hand lever 8 is for moving the gage wheel 6 to the desired positionand a manually operated pawl 10 is carried by the lever 8 and adaptedto, engage the rack bar 7 for retaining the lever 8. in the desiredadjusted position. i

Suspended from the beam 1 by means of the front and rear vertical rods11 and 11 is a longitudinally extending bar 12, the forward end 18 ofwhich is beveled or inclined, as shown in Fig. 1 and forms the point ofthe plow. This bar 12 carries the plow shares 1 1 and the mold boards15, and it also carries a pair of adjustable wings 16 which extend oneach side thereof, and are located in rear of the mold boards. Theforward ends of these wings '16 carry the eyelets 17 which looselyengage the vertical rod 11 and connecting the wings 16 is a transversebar 18. Connecting the beam 1 and the bottom bar 12 of the plow is thevertical beam 19 having a reduced flange or guide rib 20 formed alongone edge, this flange engaging between a pair of projecting lugs 21carriedby the transverse bar 18.

From the foregoing it is obvious that when the plow is being pulled overthe ground it will dig the ditch in the usual manner and the mold boards15 will deposit the plowed ground to each side of the ditch. Inso-depositing the plowed ground at each side of the ditch the same willordinarily form a bank and the purpose of the wings 16 is to spread thisplowed ground so as to prevent banks from being formed. As the wings 16are vertically movable they will directly below and parallel with thebeam and having its forward end beveled to form the point of the plow;vertical rods connecting said beam and said bar and suspending thelatter from the former; means carried by said bar for depositing theplowed-up earth at opposite sides of the ditch being dug; and a pair ofverticallymovable, forwardly-converging wings eX- tending to oppositesides of said bar and located in rear of said depositing means so as tosweep over and spread out the earth deposited thereby at the sides ofthe ditch and prevent it from banking up; said wings having their frontends slidably engaged with the adjacent vertical rod, whereby they areenabled to automatically rise bodily and pass over obstructions in theirpath. y

2. In a ditching plow, the combination, with a beam; of a longitudinalbar disposed directly below and parallel with the beam and having itsforward end beveled to form the point of the plow; vertical rods con-Gopies of this patent may be obtained for obstructions in their positesides of said bar and located in rear of said depositing means so as tosweep over and spread out the earth deposited thereby at the sides ofthe ditch and preventing it from banking up; and a crossbar connectingthe rear portions of said wings and provided with a pair of spaced lugs;the front ends of said wings being slidably engaged at opposite sides ofsaid guide rib, whereby the wings are enabled to automatically riseboldlily and pass over pat Signed at Ste. Therese de Blainville thistwenty-ninth day of March, 1917 EVANGELISTE QUENNEVILLE.

Witnesses Z. Dorms, A. RAYMOND.

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